diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73c66ced..0997b109 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ tqdm
 daiquiri
 msprime>=1.0.0
 scipy
-numba
+numba>=0.58.0
 appdirs
 pre-commit
 pytest